Pressing machine



Dec. 29, 1936. P MA-RCELUTTI 2,066,011

PREssING MACHINE Filed NOV. 15, 1935 Pas'zza/e Marce/[fifi INVENTOR.

HIS ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 29, 1936 UNITED l STATES PATENT "OFP-{CE1} PRESSING MACHINE Pasquale Marcellitti, Elmwood Park, Ill.

Application November 15, 1935, Serial No. 49,908

1 Claim.

This invention relates to pressing machines.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved pressing machine which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction and ecient in use.

Another object of the present invention is t0 provide a novel device for pressing garments and particularly mens coats.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel device for pressing the front and lapel portions of mens coats without wrinkling or creasing the shoulder portions or shoulder seams of the same during the pressing operation.

An additional object of the present invention is to provide a novel device for pressing the lapel portions of mens coats in extended position, that is, with the lapel portions of the coat extended rather than being folded over upon the front of the coat, as in the usual pressing operation.

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a preferred form of the new pressing machine;

Fig. 2 is a view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1, partly in section and partly in top plan;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view, on line 3 3 in Fig. 1;

` Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view showing one of the bucks in use; and

Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a modied form of the new pressing machine.

A preferred form of the new pressing machine is shown in the drawing, is therein generally indicated at I0, and comprises a supporting frame II on which are arranged two similar bucks I2. Likewise embodied in the machine I0 is a pivotally mounted pressing head I3.

The bucks I2 are spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 2, and formed on the inner marginal edge I 4 of each buck I2, adjacent one end thereof, (Fig. 2) is a recess or indentation I5, the purpose of which will be explained hereinafter.

Mounted on the frame I I, adjacent one end of the same, and adjacent one end of each of the bucks I2 is a relatively small buck or shoulder pressing pad I5.

In the use of the new pressing machine, shown in Figs. l to 4 inclusive, a garment such as a mans coat I6 may be arranged upon the bucks I2, in the manner illustrated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, with the lining or inner side of the coat facing downwardly and with the back or body portion I1 of the coat extended down between the bucks I2. When the garment or coat I6 is thus arranged, the lapel portions I8 of the same will lie flat upon the bucks I2, adjacent the outer edges of the same, as illustrated in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and the arcuate or curved shoulder portions or seams of the coat will fit into the recesses or indentations I5 so that when the pressing head I3 is brought down upon the coat, to perform the pressing operation, the front and 5 lapel portions of the same will be pressed without creasing or wrinkling the shoulder portions or seams of the coat which will, during` the pressing operation, be disposed in the recesses I5, whereupon, by further manipulating the coat 10 I6 over the bucks I2, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 4, the pocket and other portions or parts of the coat may be pressed to complete the pressing operation.

In the use of the new pressing machine, two 15 pressing operations may be effected at one time, that is, the shoulder portions I9 of a second garment or coat 20 may be laid over or arranged upon the shoulder pads or bucks I5, in the manner illustrated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, so 20 that the shoulder portions I9 of the coat 20, and the front and lapel portions I8, or other portions, of the coat I6, may be pressed simultaneously by Vone operation of the pressing head I3, thereby effecting an economy in time and labor.

A modified form of the new pressing machine is shown in Fig. 5, is therein generally indicated at 2|, and comprises a supporting frame 22 on which are arranged a pair of shoulder pressing pads or bucks 23, which are similar to the shoul- 30 der pressing pads or bucks I5, and a pair of bucks 24, which are similar to the bucks I2, the bucks 24 being substantially wider at the ends 25 thereof than are the bucks I2, as may be seen by comparing the same, thereby providing an outwardly 35 flared portion 26 upon which the lapel portion 21 of a garment, such as a mans coat, may be arranged in extended position, rather than in folded position, as in the usual type of pressing machine, thereby permitting the said lapel por- 40 y tion of the coat to be pressed in' extended position, rather than in folded position, and thus improving the appearance of the coat when the pressing operation has been completed. Otherwise, the modified form of the invention, shown 45 in Fig. 5, is substantially similar to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation 50 and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such 55 variations and modifications as come within the scopeof the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: Y

A pressing machine comprising a pair of spaced bucks having adjacent and substantially parallelA edges, each of said adjacent edges having an arcuate recess indentation provided therein for the reception of a portion of a garment disposed upon said bucks, the said recess in each said buck be- 2,oa6,o11 y A Y ing positioned substantially opposite to the said recess in the other buck of said pair, each of said bucks having an outwardly Iiared marginal edge portion or bulge in their respective outer edges opposite to the said parallel edges and substantially opposite to the aforesaid arcuate recesses in each said buck for supportingv the lapel portion of a coat in extended position, relative to the body of the same, during the pressing operation.

PASQUALE MARCELLITTI. 

